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0. W. KING. ASH SIFTER.

No. 243,921. Patented July 5,1881.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 243,921, dated July 5, 1881. Application filed December 15, 1880. (No model.) 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sifters for Ashes, &c., of which the followin g is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of sifters for ashes, or the like and it consists in a sifting-cylinder made in two sections, which are united at one edge by hinge-joints, and provided at the other edge with a fastening device, in order to allow the cylinder to be entirely thrown open. The ends of the cylindersections are solid, and the sides thereof are composed of wire-cloth, the longitudinal strands of which are drawn through holes in the solid ends and bent over their edges, whereby a facile and strong union is produced between such sides and ends, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described in detail, and with these parts I combine deflectors, fixed to the interior of the jacket, for throwing the ashes dropping thereon toward the middle of the receptacle.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a vertical cross-section. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letters A B designate the sections of the sifting-cylinder; (J, the hinge-joints uniting the same at one edge, and D the fastening device at the other edge thereof. E are the solid ends of the cylinder-sections, and F their wire-cloth sides. G is the jacket inclosin g the sifting-cylinder; H, the ash-receptacle below the cylinderin the jacket, and I the deflectors for guiding the ashes into the receptacle.

The hinge-joints (l consist of cars formed on the solid ends E of the cylinder-sections, and pivots connecting such ears, while the fastening device D consists of a hasp hung on one cylinder-section and engaging a staple on the other section. These parts, however, are capable of modification.

The solid ends E of the cylinder-sections consist of semicircular pieces of sheet-iron or other suitable material, and each end piece is provided with a row of holes, 3, near its edge, through which the longitudinal strands of the wire-cloth composing the sides F of the cylindersections are drawn, after which such strands are bent around the edges of the solid ends, as shown. If desired, these bent ends of the wire-cloth strands may be soldered, or they may be covered by a suitable band. The longitudinaledges of the wire-cloth sides of the cylinder-sections A B are bound with strips 4, of sheet metal or other suitable material.

The jacket G is constructed with a hinged top or cover, G,- and the ends thereof form bearin gs for the shaft 5 of the sifting-cylinder, this shaft having mounted thereon a winch or crank, 6, for revolving the cylinder.

The ash-receptacle His made in the form of a drawer, and the deflectors I are fixed to the interior of the sides of thejacket G in a suitable nianner, immediately above such receptacle, these deflectors being inclined inwardly.

It will be seen that by the construction of the sifting-cylinder in sections it can be entirely thrown open, which facilitates not only the introduction and removal of the ashes, but also the cleaning of the cylinder, and that the peculiar union or connection of the wire-cloth sides with the solid ends of the cylinder-sections is a simple and durable one, while by the deflectors I the ashes falling thereon are thrown toward the middle of the receptacle H, so that the same are not liable to be caught in the space between the receptacle and the sides of the jacket.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The sifting-cylinder herein described, consisting of the two sections A and B, hinged together along one of their longitudinal edges, and provided at their opposite longitudinal edges with fastening devices for locking them together, said-cylinder having journals for suspending it in bearings, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A sifting-cylinder made in two sections, the ends of which are solid and the sides composed of wire-cloth having its longitudinal strands drawn through holes in the solid ends and bent over their edges, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. CHARLES W. KING.

Witnesses:

J. HERMANN WAHLERS, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

